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Roads reopened Thursday in storm-besieged Buffalo as authorities continued searching for people who may have died or are stuck and suffering after last week’s blizzard.

A North Carolina homeowner and two deputies helped save a German Shepherd on Christmas Eve after it fell into a swimming pool while temperatures were below freezing.

A vehicle was caught on video driving down a frozen canal in downtown Indianapolis before it crashed through the ice late on Christmas Day.

A Buffalo woman is being hailed as a hero after she rescued a 64-year-old mentally disabled man who became lost outside her home during the historic winter storm that gripped western New York and the nation. Sha’Kyra Aughtry was at

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg spoke with the CEO of Southwest Airlines, Bob Jordan, amid the ongoing issues and mass cancellations the airline has experienced in the days leading up to Christmas and beyond.

Southwest CEO Bob Jordan apologized for the company’s travel issues in a video statement Tuesday evening, saying that the airline is determined to upgrade its systems “for these extreme circumstances so that we never again face what’s happening right now.”

Storm-battered Buffalo braced Tuesday for fresh snow while still striving to recover from an epic blizzard that killed at least 34 people, stranded others in cars for days and shuttered the city’s airport.

Southwest Airlines continues to struggle in the aftermath of the winter storm and holiday weekend, canceling over 70 percent of its flights on Monday alone.

Days of freezing temperatures in Deep South areas that usually freeze for only hours are threatening dozens of water systems as burst pipes leak millions of gallons of water.

The blizzard that hit the northeast over the weekend also took the life of a 22-year-old woman in Buffalo, New York.

The winter storm ravaging most of the United States during the Christmas holidays has claimed at least 27 lives in western New York and at least 57 nationwide, officials estimated Monday.

President Joe Biden plans to leave for a vacation in the Virgin Islands on Tuesday after the United States was blasted with record-cold temperatures and severe winter weather.

Thousands of Americans are still in the midst of holiday travel woes following a winter storm rocking the United States leading up to Christmas weekend, but Southwest Airlines is under fire for having one of the highest volumes of cancellations.

A blizzard forced several people to find shelter at a Target in Cheektowaga, New York, over the Christmas weekend.

Over 300,000 Canadians are experiencing power outages amid the Christmas snow storm, with a hundred-car pileup seen on the icy roads.

Four people were killed in a 46-car pileup on the Ohio turnpike Friday afternoon as a result of the winter storm that has swept the nation.

Over 1.5 million were without power on Christmas Eve due to a winter storm sweeping much of the country, according to PowerOutage at 11:30 a.m. Eastern.

The winter storm sweeping the U.S. is making history, as Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport is recording its first blizzard in over four decades.

Thousands of flights are delayed or grounded days before Christmas as a powerful arctic blast rocks the U.S., moving its way to the eastern portion of the country.

The arctic blast rocking the country is expected to reach its highest intensity on Friday, producing what the National Weather Service (NWS) is describing as “widespread disruptions” heading into the holiday weekend as over half the U.S. population finds itself under a winter storm warning, watch, or advisory.

Cheyenne, Wyoming, broke a record on Wednesday, seeing the most drastic temperature drop in less than an hour as the country braces for a massive winter storm, days before Christmas.

The number of delayed and canceled flights is piling up as a winter storm sweeps the U.S., bringing freezing temperatures to areas as south as Texas and Florida as the country braces for the pre-Christmas blizzard.

Denver, Colorado, experienced a historic drop in temperatures Wednesday afternoon as the country braces for a “bomb cyclone” sweeping a large portion of the United States.

A bomb cyclone is expected to sweep the Midwest as temperatures will drop to near record lows in unlikely areas of the country, including the Sunshine State.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) addressed concerns about an incoming storm, assuring Texans that officials are prepared and that the power grid will “remain up and running very robustly.”

The president has taken pride in his unfailing support for Ukraine after Russia invaded, rallying American allies to their cause. 

A potential bomb cyclone that could soon hit the Midwest and disrupt travel has prompted some airlines to offer waivers before approaching cities including Chicago.

Several tornadoes hit Louisiana Wednesday, killing at least three people, including an eight-year-old, and destroying multiple homes. 

Dozens of mourners left teddy bears and held a candlelight vigil for three boys who died after falling into an ice-covered lake in England.

Hundreds of Delta Air Lines passengers were stranded overnight at Boston Logan International Airport Sunday as a winter snowstorm blasted through New England.

Three young boys who fell through ice covering a lake in central England have died and a fourth remains hospitalized.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) on Monday announced $25 million in funding to repair homes devastated by Hurricane Ian — an action that follows President Biden’s FEMA reportedly denying the state’s funding request. 

A 62-year-old American woman was pronounced dead after a “rouge wave” slammed into a Viking cruise ship en route to Antarctica.

November 30 marks the final day of hurricane season, giving a sense of relief to millions of Americans who faced the uncertainty of strong tropical systems battering their cities this year.

Thousands of flights were delayed Sunday afternoon as severe weather hit major cities while travelers went home after Thanksgiving.

Officials continued searching Monday for a missing hiker in the mountains of New Hampshire who began her journey over the weekend.